Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical Approaches. the American Academy of Pain Medicine. Textbook on Patient Management

Description

From reviews of Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches:

"Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches is a major textbook...
[I]t should be a part of all departmental libraries and in the reference collection of pain fellows and pain practitioners. In fact, this text could be to pain as Miller is to general anesthesia."

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Edited by master clinician-experts appointed by the American Academy of Pain Medicine, this is a soft cover version of the Medical section of the acclaimed Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches.It is intended as a primary reference for busy clinicians who seek up-to-date and authoritative information about medical approaches to treating chronic pain.

• Clinically focused resource on the medical management of chronic pain
• Leading edge topics, such as monitoring opioid use and abuse, the emerging role of cannabinoids in pain treatment, and the systems involved in nociceptive processing systems
• "Key Points" preview contents of each chapter

Table of Contents

1. A Survey of Systems Involved in Nociceptive Processing.- 2. Pharmacogenomics of Pain Management.- 3. Nonsteroidal Anti-in?ammatory Drugs.- 4. The Role of Antidepressants in the Treatment of Chronic Pain.- 5. Anticonvulsant Medications for Treatment of Neuropathic and “Functional” Pain.- 6. NMDA Receptor Antagonists in the Treatment of Pain.- 7. Role of Muscle Relaxants in the Treatment of Pain.- 8. Topical Analgesics.- 9. Sleep Aids.- 10. Clinical Use of Opioids.- 11. Opioid Adverse Effects and Opioid-Induced Hypogonadism.- 12. Acute Management of the Opioid-Dependent Patient.- 13. Opioids and the Law.- 14. Methadone for Chronic Pain.- 15. Toxicology Screening for Opioids.- 16. Monitoring Drug Use and Abuse: The Evolution of a Paradigm.- 17. Polypharmacy and Drug Interaction.- 18. Role of Cannabinoids in Pain Management.- 19. The Future of Pain Pharmacotherapy.

Authors

Timothy S. Deer, MD
Editor-in-Chief
President and CEO
The Center for Pain Relief
Charleston, WV USA
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Charleston, WV USA

Michael S. Leong, MD
Associate Editor-in-Chief
Clinic Chief
Stanford Pain Management Center
Redwood City, CA USA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA USA

Vitaly Gordin, MD
Associate Editor, Medical Approaches
Associate Professor
Associate Vice Chair of Pain Management
Department of Anesthesiology
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Hershey, PA USA
Director, Pain Medicine
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA USA